Footballers levitate ball during goal celebration.

Footballers or magicians?

Gathering his team-mates around him, Cesar Martinez- without any obvious use of strings - makes the ball float in mid-air before kicking it clear after he had scored a neat goal to put Zamora into the lead against Caracas,

When asked how he pulled off the magic trick, Martinez told GloboEsporte: "I cannot say how we did the trick because we made a pact between the players to never reveal how the magic was done.

"It was something we talked about and I went and did it. I will never reveal the trick because a magician does not reveal his secrets."

He added: "I like doing card tricks with my team-mates, but I do not practice magic. Before the game I had the idea in my head and I decided to go ahead to see how it turned out.

"I worked perfectly and the result was the video you guys saw. I can tell you I have another idea for the next time and I hope it goes as well as this one, an idea to celebrate the next goal."

I hope we see more of such magic celebrations.